Carlisle Floyd

susannah

Carlisle Floyd's folk-like opera, rooted in Appalachian music, is set in rural Tennessee. Narrow-minded townspeople, jealous of young Susannah's beauty, band together to intimidate and harass her in an attempt to drive her away. The opera was composed at the height of McCarthyism and serves as a metaphor for paranoia and its dangerous repercussions.

Directed by John HoomesConducted by Dean WilliamsonFeaturing the Nashville Opera OrchestraSung in English with projected English titles